BALLETT VON GIORGIO MADIA
MUSIK VON JOSEPH HAYDN
LIBRETTO VON GIORGIO MADIA NACH PIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS
Choreographie und Inszenierung: Giorgio Madia
Bühne & Kostüme: Domenico Franchi
Assistentin des Choreographen: Adriana Mortelliti
Dramaturgin & Co-Librettistin: Annegret Gertz
Musikalische Leitung: Dian Tchobanov
BESETZUNG Tomislav Petranovic (Le Vicomte de Valmont), Takuya Sumitomo (Azolan, sein Diener), Natalia Kosovac (La Marquise de Merteuil), George Stanciu (Le Conte de Gercourt, ihr Liebhaber), Andrea Schifano (Le Chevalier Danceny, ihr Liebhaber), Edina Plicanic (Madame de Volanges), Asuko Maruo (Cécile de Volanges, ihre Tochter), Olja Jovanovic Zurovac (Madame de Rosemonde), Iva Vitic Gamero (Madame de Tourvel, Freundin der Madame de Rosemonde), Ilir Kerni (Le Président de Tourvel, ihr Ehemann), Ozana Mirkovic (Margot, das Zimmermädchen von Marquise de Merteuil) Rieka Suzuki (Lisette, das Zimmermädchen von Madame de Tourvel) | Soloists and Corps de ballet of Croatian National Theatre Zagreb | Opera Orchestra of Croatian National Theatre Zagreb
URAUFFÜHRUNG
24. März 2019
Kroatisches Nationaltheater Zagreb
Spieldauer 2 Std. 30 Min (inklusive einer Pause)
Based on the scandalous 18th century novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Giorgio Madia’s DANGEROUS LIAISONS explores the machinations of the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, two French aristocrats locked in a battle of wits, wills and sexual conquest. They both enjoy to compete with ever more refined strategies to evoke desire, while enjoying most the arousal of lust while spinning their net of intrigues.
As a contemporary of the “Ancien Régime”, during which the spirit of libertinage reigned over the noble class, the author of the epistolary novel, Choderlos de Laclos, exemplified in a cold and cynical way, what might happen, when not all participants of the frivolous games are involved in the sophisticated rules. It’s the fascinating brilliance of the bad intention, that rules the action of this legendary masterpiece of French literature, successfully famous for his intended provocation. Giorgio Madia, widely known in Europe for his full evening story ballets, achieves to make theatre that is not about the steps but about the narrative and more than that about the subtext: suspense, excitement, allusions and the perfume of the script. The ballet DANGEROUS LIAISONS is a sensual game of lust, seduction, revenge. Until someone falls in love …
